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> would get a maintainer kicked and probably marked for life For trying to cash out and retiring for maintenance they'd be excluded from ongoing development?
by munk-a 4y ago
> would get a maintainer kicked and probably marked for life
For trying to cash out and retiring for maintenance they'd be excluded from ongoing development? This is precisely what I meant by not shaming people for selling off their product.
There are a lot of assholes out there that are far more worthy recipients of your ire - I'm sure this extension wasn't acquired for 1.2 billion.
- account42 4y agoFor selling out users they'd be excluded from positions that require user trust, yes. I'm all for rewarding open source developers and maintainers but let's not destroy the software in the process. And yes, there are always bigger assholes - that's never an excuse.
- dessant 4y agoHow would you reward open source maintainers? Donations can rarely sustain a project, so my own solution was to also start selling my work on app stores, but that may not work for everyone.